Pastor of Baton Rouge church arrested on suspicion of raping disabled woman

A pastor at New Harmony Baptist Church in Baton Rouge was arrested Saturday on suspicion of aggravated rape, after a 20-year-old woman with "the mental capacity of a 7-year-old" said they had sex numerous times because her father told her to.

According to an arrest warrant and jail records, 43-year-old pastor David Scott Lemley was arrested by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office on Friday on the rape charge as well as on suspicion of stealing a car.

The Advocate said the vehicle theft charge stems from an accusation that Lemley gave away a car he was supposed to be working on for someone else.

The arrest warrant says that the 20-year-old woman had sex with Lemley numerous times, though she didn't want to. Her father told her to have sex with Lemley because Lemley's wife was ill and often confined to bed, according to the warrant.

Lemley told detectives that he has never had sex with the victim and she is known for "making up stories," the warrant says. An arrest warrant was issued after he did not show up for a scheduled polygraph test in December.

Lemley's wife, Kim Lemley, told The Advocate the charges are false and that Lemley didn't take the polygraph test on the advice of his attorney.

The woman's father has also been jailed on sex-related charges, according to the arrest warrant.